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This painting shows a waterfront with boats and buildings in the distance. The shadowy horizon line divides the composition between the gray sky and gray water. The distant shore features faint outlines of buildings.

Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf

James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

Date
c. 1864/1868
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
24 × 18 in (61 × 46 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.9.99. See the museum’s record
Credit
Widener Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.5 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
5 × 7 in trims 5.3 % 5 × 6½ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 2061 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 4 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 978 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 0.5 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 896 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 0.5 % 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 597 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 0.5 % 30 × 39¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 358 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.5 % 36 × 47¾ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 298 dpi, crisp from a step back

Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.

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